The Chopine

FASHION PLATFORM YEAR TYPE HIGH SHOE CM WEAR DRESS MODEL

Nowadays platform shoes are ___ of the most popular ___ items in the world. ___ this fashion item is ___ new. Women have worn ___ shoes for hundreds of ___. One of the oldest ___ of platform shoes is ___ "chopine". Between the 15th ___ 17th centuries, this shoe ___ popular in France, Italy ___ Spain. The Chopine was ___ than the modern platform ___ - some chopines were 50 ___ high! Women wearing these ___ were the tallest women ___ Europe - much taller than ___ men. At first women ___ chopines to protect their ___ from the muddy streets. ___ those days the streets ___ much dirtier than they ___ now. Later chopines became ___ fashion item and were ___ elegant than the earlier ___.

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